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Download or read book Chicago Beautiful Century of Progress Souvenir written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Agnes Kessler Kahn
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Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Chicago Beautiful Souvenir written by Agnes Kessler Kahn and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (188 download)
Download or read book A Century of Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book A Century of Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Century of Progress 1833-1933 written by and published by . This book was released on 1933* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Chicago Souvenir Guide to a Century of Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas R. Carlton
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Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (27 download)
Download or read book My Souvenir Guide and Diary of Chicago written by Thomas R. Carlton and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Plymouth Motor Corporation
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Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (257 download)
Download or read book A Century of Progress International Exhibition, Chicago, 1933 written by Plymouth Motor Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Souvenir of a Century of Progress--1934 written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Merikay Waldvogel
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781558532571
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair written by Merikay Waldvogel and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contest was not without its controversy. When it was announced, rules stated that preference would be given to quilts which developed the Century of Progress theme. However, when the prizes were awarded, commemorative quilts were ignored in favor of traditional patterns. Disgruntled contestants complained to Sears that the judges were biased in favor of tradition. The winning quilt, called the Unknown Star, was entered by Margaret Rogers Caden of Lexington, Kentucky. Much of the work on Ms. Caden's quilt was done by seamstresses who sewed for hire, in violation of contest rules.
Author : James Alton James
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Chicago in 1933 Welcomes the N.E.A. To-- A Century of Progress International Expostion written by James Alton James and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Burroughs Wellcome and Company
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Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (138 download)
Download or read book A Century of Progress written by Burroughs Wellcome and Company and published by . This book was released on 1934* with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa Diane Schrenk
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ISBN 13 : 9780816648368
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Building a Century of Progress written by Lisa Diane Schrenk and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the summer of 1933 to the fall of 1934, more than 38 million fairgoers visited a 3-mile stretch along Lake Michigan, home to Chicago's second World's Fair. Millions more experienced the Century of Progress International Exposition through newspaper and magazine articles, newsreels, and souvenirs. Together, all marveled at the industrial, scientific, consumer, and cultural displays, many of which were housed in fifty massive and colorful exhibition halls, the largest architectural project realized in the United States during the Great Depression. In the richly illustrated Building a Century of Progress, Lisa D. Schrenk explores the pivotal role of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in modern American architecture. She recounts how the exposition's architectural commission promoted a broad definition of modern architecture, not relying on purely aesthetic characteristics but instead focusing on new design solutions. The fair's pavilions incorporated recently introduced building materials such as masonite and gypsum board; structural innovations (for example, the first thin-shell concrete roof and the first suspended roof structures built in the United States); and new construction processes, most notably the use of prefabrication. They also featured curiosities like the giant, constantly operating mayonnaise maker and the glass-walled House of Tomorrow, which had no operable windows. Schrenk shows how the halls' designs reflected cultural and political developments of the period, including the expanding relationships between science, industry, and government; the rise of a corporate consumer culture; and the impact of the Great Depression. Many of the designs provoked intense responses from critics and other prominent architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Adams Cram, fueling heated debates over the appropriate direction for architecture in the United States. Demonstrating the rich diversity of progressive American building design seen at the fair, Building a Century of Progress captures a crucial moment in American modernism. Lisa D. Schrenk is assistant professor of architecture and art history at Norwich University and former education director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation.
Author : Cheryl Ganz
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252078527
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The 1933 Chicago World's Fair written by Cheryl Ganz and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fair organizers used the very idea of progress to buoy national optimism during the Depression's darkest years. Orchestrated by business leaders and engineers, almost all former military men, the fair reflected a business-military-engineering model that envisioned a promising future through science and technology's application to everyday life. But not everyone at Chicago's 1933 exposition had abandoned notions of progress that entailed social justice and equality, recognition of ethnicity and gender, and personal freedom and expression. The fair's motto, "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms," was challenged by iconoclasts such as Sally Rand, whose provocative fan dance became a persistent symbol of the fair, as well as a handful of other exceptional individuals, including African Americans, ethnic populations and foreign nationals, groups of working women, and even well-heeled socialites. Cheryl R. Ganz offers the stories of fair planners and participants who showcased education, industry, and entertainment to sell optimism during the depths of the Great Depression. This engaging history also features eighty-six photographs--nearly half of which are full color--of key locations, exhibits, and people, as well as authentic ticket stubs, postcards, pamphlets, posters, and other it
Author : Carroll Ryan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267782291
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Chicago the Magnificent, the Empire City of the West written by Carroll Ryan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chicago the Magnificent, the Empire City of the West: A Souvenir of the World's Fair More than this, Chicago in its peculiarities is a city of the future. A twentieth century city it should be called, when compared with other cities of Europe and America. It is, as yet, only an infant - a very big infant sprawling, so to speak, over the prairie that stretches along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. But, in the giant uncouthness ofi ts infantile proportions may be seen the promise and the potency of mural greatness, grandeur, activity, enterprise, and population such as the world has never witnessed before. The most enthusiastic admirer of Chicago, however, cannot claim that it is beautiful, in the sense that Paris and Florence are called beautiful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Caxton Club
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022646850X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Chicago by the Book written by Caxton Club and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. In fact, a volume by A. J. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicago’s rich literary tradition finally gets its due. Chicago by the Book profiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. Each title—carefully selected by the Caxton Club, a venerable Chicago bibliophilic organization—is the focus of an illustrated essay by a leading scholar, writer, or bibliophile. Arranged chronologically to show the history of both the city and its books, the essays can be read in order from Mrs. John H. Kinzie’s 1844 Narrative of the Massacre of Chicago to Sara Paretsky’s 2015 crime novel Brush Back. Or one can dip in and out, savoring reflections on the arts, sports, crime, race relations, urban planning, politics, and even Mrs. O’Leary’s legendary cow. The selections do not shy from the underside of the city, recognizing that its grit and graft have as much a place in the written imagination as soaring odes and boosterism. As Neil Harris observes in his introduction, “Even when Chicagoans celebrate their hearth and home, they do so while acknowledging deep-seated flaws.” At the same time, this collection heartily reminds us all of what makes Chicago, as Norman Mailer called it, the “great American city.” With essays from, among others, Ira Berkow, Thomas Dyja, Ann Durkin Keating, Alex Kotlowitz, Toni Preckwinkle, Frank Rich, Don Share, Carl Smith, Regina Taylor, Garry Wills, and William Julius Wilson; and featuring works by Saul Bellow, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Clarence Darrow, Erik Larson, David Mamet, Studs Terkel, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many more.
Author : Chicago Tribune
Publisher : Agate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1572844450
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)
Download or read book A Century of Progress written by Chicago Tribune and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true gem . . . period images of the Windy City and a glimpse back at a moment that not only shaped the city of Chicago but the world around us today. ” —Week99er Between 1933 and 1934, over forty-eight million visitors attended “A Century of Progress Exposition,” the world’s fair located in Chicago, Illinois. Conceived of during the Roaring Twenties and born during the Great Depression, this was a sprawling event celebrating Chicago’s one-hundredth anniversary with industrial and scientific displays, lascivious entertainment, and a touch of unadulterated bad taste. Century of Progress is a collection of rare photographs from the world’s fair that have been carefully chosen from the Chicago Tribune’s voluminous archives. Featuring an informative introduction by Tribune reporter and historian Ron Grossman, this book documents one of the most expansive displays of technological advancement and cultural diversity that took place in the twentieth century. The lakefront exposition, on the present site of McCormick Place and Northerly Island, opened on May 27, 1933, and was reopened in 1934 at the urging of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who hoped it would stimulate the Depression-era economy. This book is an engrossing and fascinating look at the numerous sides of the “A Century of Progress Exposition”: the whimsical attractions, the architectural and scientific achievements, the palpable spirit of fun, and the occasionally unsavory exhibits of differing cultures. At a time when the entire U.S. population numbered just over 125 million people, the Chicago world’s fair left an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of American culture, and Century of Progress captures that feeling as only a photograph can.
